It’s no surprise that global leaders are paying more attention to family farms. The World Bank estimates that 86 percent of all people living in rural areas depend on agriculture as their primary source of livelihood. The vast majority are smallholders or landless workers who live on less than $1.25/day. While technological advances and economic improvements are likely to shift these dynamics over time, farming will remain the primary way for billions of people to make a living for the foreseeable future – particularly those in the hardest to reach “last mile.”